Ranks and People

Ranks and People

65 mins | Comedy | Oct. 1, 1929

From his early silent works, the great Russian film director, Herr Yakov Protazanov, made literary adaptations from equally great Russian writers, as is the case with "Chiny I Lyudi" ( Ranks And People ) (1929) in which three short stories by Chekhov, "Anna On The Neck", "Death Of A Petty Official" and "Chameleon" were assembled for the silent screen.

Ranks and People

65 mins | Comedy | Oct. 1, 1929

Ranks and People
From his early silent works, the great Russian film director, Herr Yakov Protazanov, made literary adaptations from equally great Russian writers, as is the case with "Chiny I Lyudi" ( Ranks And People ) (1929) in which three short stories by Chekhov, "Anna On The Neck", "Death Of A Petty Official" and "Chameleon" were assembled for the silent screen.
Producers Mezhrabpomfilm
Original title Чины и люди
Directors Mikhail Doller, Yakov Protazanov
Writers Oleg Leonidov, Yakov Protazanov, Anton Chekhov

Cast

Mikhail Tarkhanov

as Modest Alekseich - Anna na shee

Mariya Strelkova

as Anna Petrovna - Anna na shee

Andrey Petrovsky

as Governor - Anna na shee

Nikolay Shcherbakov

as Anna's father - Anna na shee

Viktor Stanitsyn

as Artynov - Anna na shee

Ivan Moskvin

as Cherviakov, the bureaucrat - Smert' chinovnika

Yevgeni Yershov

as General Brizzhalov - Smert' chinovnika

Daniil Vvedenskiy

as Policeman - Khameleon

Vladimir Popov

as Khriukin - Khameleon

Sofya Levitina

as Gossip - Anna na shee

Yelena Maksimova

as Modest's servant - Anna na shee

Varvara Rizenko

as neighbor - Anna na shee

Serguei Sideliov

as student - Anna na shee

Mariya Shlenskaya

as Gossip